Google Intros Actions, a New Way for Android Users to Talk to 3rd-Party Services

Google has been testing a new feature for Android users since October, but we wouldn’t have known that if the search giant hadn’t previewed Actions a few months ago. Today, Google has announced that it’s making Actions available to Android users and developers alike.

Yes, because in order for users to take advantage of the new Actions feature, developers have to build the functionality within the developer platform for the Google Assistant. Once that’s implemented, users will be able to get in touch with third-party services suppliers much more easily.

With Conversation Actions for Google Home, users won’t need to enable a skill or install an application, they’ll just have to ask to talk to their action.

For the time being, only two developer samples of what you can really do with Actions have been implemented, but more … (read more)